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Chloraka, Paphos: An Area Guide to the Village on the Town's Doorstep

Chloraka is a fast-growing coastal village three kilometres north-west of Paphos — still a community rather than a municipality, with a rocky shoreline, a place in Cypriot history and an active new-build market. What it is like to live in, what property costs, and how it compares with Kissonerga and Coral Bay.

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GuidesHow to Buy Property in Cyprus: The Process, Step by StepThe Cyprus purchase process in order: reservation, contract of sale, deposit at the Land Registry, taxes and fees, and transfer of title deeds.
GuidesCyprus Permanent Residency Through Property: The €300,000 Route ExplainedCyprus grants fast-track permanent residency under Regulation 6(2) to buyers who invest at least €300,000 plus VAT in new residential property sold for the first time by a development company. Here is who qualifies, why resales do not, and how the application actually works.
InsightsIs It Worth Buying Property in Paphos? An Honest AssessmentPaphos sale contracts are up almost 20 per cent in 2026 and the buyer base is heavily international. Whether that makes it worth buying depends on who you are: the honest case for and against, with the numbers.
GuidesThe Real Cost of Buying Property in Cyprus: Taxes, Fees, and What They Add Up ToBuying costs in Cyprus in 2026 are simpler than most guides suggest: stamp duty is gone, transfer fees are waived when VAT is paid, and a qualifying first home attracts VAT at 5% instead of 19%. Here is every tax and fee, what it is, and what a €400,000 purchase actually costs.
GuidesThe Best Areas to Buy Property in Paphos: A District-by-District GuideKato Paphos for rental income, Coral Bay and Peyia for villa lifestyle, Konia and the hill villages for year-round living — a candid district-by-district guide to where each type of buyer should look in Paphos, drawbacks included.
Area guidesCoral Bay, Paphos: An Area Guide for BuyersCoral Bay pairs a Blue Flag beach with the most established villa market on the Paphos coast — and empties noticeably each winter. Where it is, what the property stock looks like, and who it actually suits.
Area guidesPeyia and Sea Caves: Where Paphos Goes Quiet and the Coast Turns WildPeyia is a hillside town fifteen kilometres from Paphos; Sea Caves is its coastal district, where western Cyprus's most exclusive detached villas sit against a Natura 2000 shoreline. What the area offers, and what buying beside a protected coast actually involves.
MaterialsMarble vs Granite: How to Choose, and Where Each BelongsThe choice is settled by chemistry, not taste: marble is reactive calcium carbonate, granite is inert quartz and feldspar. That single fact decides which stone goes in the kitchen and which belongs in the bathroom.
MaterialsFair-Faced Concrete: The Structure That Is Also the FinishWhat fair-faced concrete is, why casting the finish is harder than covering the structure, how quality is specified through classes such as SB 1–4, and why its thermal mass suits a hot climate.
AnnouncementThe group, onlineA first word on why Blue Azul now has a home on the web.